diff -r 06cdb9c6366f -r ae1893256821 pidgin/plugins/gevolution/gevolution.c
--- a/pidgin/plugins/gevolution/gevolution.c	Fri Jul 10 02:26:37 2009 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/plugins/gevolution/gevolution.c	Fri Jul 10 02:47:09 2009 +0000
@@ -298,12 +298,18 @@
 {
 	PurplePlugin *plugin = (PurplePlugin *)data;
 	EBookQuery *query;
+	GError *err = NULL;
 
 	timer = 0;
 
 	/* Maybe this is it? */
-	if (!gevo_load_addressbook(NULL, &book, NULL))
+	if (!gevo_load_addressbook(NULL, &book, &err))
+	{
+		purple_debug_error("evolution",
+						 "Error retrieving addressbook: %s\n", err->message);
+		g_error_free(err);
 		return FALSE;
+	}
 
 	query = e_book_query_any_field_contains("");